c7 part3 (1/2)

[translation] Frozen Teardrop, Requiem of Chains III, part 3 (first half)

Several seconds later The white, three-headed winged dragon called {Nataku} flew out That was an ie that came from one of the Mars Federation's surveillance cas stood out sharply (lit: too ed into snow (lit: sandstorm) Had the Federal army noticed [Kathy's hack job]?

”Are we being jammed?”

”No, I believe it's the result of a ] was noticed, I've laid nu unusual”

”Oh” I ht of the

”Would you like some coffee?” She was ever attentive

”Black, please I like it strong and bitter”

”Yes, sir”

Coffee, fighting, life--they should all be bitter I was a desperado after all; all things bitter suited me

The defining characteristic (lit: strong point) of the flying on situated dead center of the twin heads Instead of the heat rod that connected to the shi+eld which was originally supposed to be there, there was a bea space) The ”, are what made it possible for [Epyon Pi] to do battle in the air like the old Aries and Taurus Although it was possible for mobile suits to do air battle in the AC era, it was actually a rare occurrence One reason given was that air-to-air h hit-accuracy Since the enemy also had the same missiles, the best you could do was simultaneously shoot each other down What'sof the burners [required the pilot] to ht mode after the (reactionary control) of the missile launch, that was a lot for the pilot to shoulder; there was nothing ht in the air in a place with gravity See the AC wars], There were offensive aerial fights--high altitude bos and such--but instances of defensive aerial attacks meant to intercept or prevent that kind of attack were extree] unreasonable air battles, it was better to find an advantageous place to land (ahead of time) and then face your opponent That as sure to have her odds of survival There are a few exceptions to the rule, but even when a soldier is faced (lit: back to back) with death on the battlefield, he is thinking I want to live as he fights As for those aerial battles between (similar mobile armors), there's the fact that their numbers were so rare, but also the pilots' basic survival instincts are consciously at work; not once have I tried [aerial battle] Even when Heero was being indifferent [towards the concept of] living, I recall that he did not experience any aerial ”dog fights” in {Wing Gunda to flightor when attacked fro a landing point and touching down; that was a standard move Of course, all that applied [only] to Earth On Mars, which was ravaged byand air-to-airthe Mars suit variations, there are several fore of Mars' low gravity, but the heavily arht functions were not being manufactured But Wufei--His {Epyon Pi}--Nataku, as far as I could see from the data that just flashed on the screen, he bothfor the enemy to appear It was already a few seconds past the ETA but he'd yet to make contact [with the eneon had its sights locked on another mobile armor--the previously unknown quantity that was {Epyon Ares}; they ht

The crion that Special Officer First Class Zechs Merquise rode was seen flying low and fast on the main monitor just before the snow [had taken over the screen] The {Epyon Prime [2]} had been made from plans that had placed priority on hand-to-hand combat That's because its basic concept was chiefly for the purpose of chivalrous dueling What else would you expect from the suit that ”unprecedented eccentric” Treize Khushrenada had built If you reason with coht capabilities to this suit, but the heat rod, coupled as it was to the shi+eld, was most effective and had the most pohen [the suit] was in itspower of the red-hot heat rod increased in destructiveness in direct correlation to the speed of flight Heero, the suit's first pilot, had proven that I'd only (confirs froht at Luxeht Epyon had slipped between the dozens of mobile suits on Earth hen all those suits were ripped to shreds then blew up and were defeated At any rate, the swing of that heat-rod begat destructive results I could surmise that that was the calculated result of the most tactically suitable attack methods [devised] by the ZERO system more than [it had been] Heero's choose battle style, probably It's none of my business but, back then the correct name was ”Epyon system” but since it's just about the same, it's just as well to call it ZERO The problen plan even for ”duel” [situations] had the systeoal was to ”duel”--a fight where the loss of life was at an absolute e corps, it was permissible to allow ” back [the extraneous nuht that was contradictory, too But there you have it That, too, was pretty level-headed, a conscious (contradiction) It echoes the [sentiment] of the phrase 'war' for the sake of 'peace' The ”intended goal” and the ”led Although it's supposedly self-evident, how is it Treize outfitted awith both the ”ZERO systeet the deeper et it but I later found out that Treize had said this Epyon was a ”guide post” He probably meant that you should choose your own path The ”duel,” the ” only for the pilot That was all well and good, but there's no doubting it was a massive mental burden for the one who made the choice After all, its first pilot, Heero, had a mental overload He lost track of the enemy and it became unclear which opponent to take down, he [zeroed in on] taking action [against] all weapons and to exterminate any and all people who possessed the consumed/undermined by insanity/craziness at the time The next to pilot {Epyon} was Miliardo Peacecraft aka Zechs It's not clear whether or not that man was crazy But Miliardo, who becahter the people of Earth [in order to] “purge” is historical fact

Kathy brought ht temperature with a superb balance between the bitterness and acidity in every sip

“This is good…did you learn [how to make coffee] fro fro battleshi+ps and do it with dexterity

“No, ” That was unexpected but strangely fitting

“Does that mean Wufei always drinks his coffee like this?”

“Master Chang will only drink that which he himself has made”

As I stared at the dark brown liquid in uy still didn't trust anyone

Wufei had probably not started up the “ZERO system” that had been loaded into Nataku He trusted his own instincts more than the battle analysis the machine did automatically That's the kind ofto that picture of Wufei, it would be that he, by himself, acquired the blueprint [for Epyon] that Treize had designed and steadily built {Epyon}, redoing the preparations and equipe, this sortie had co, he was thrust into real battle well, that spoke very et why Wufei had painted that three-headed winged dragon[thethat he code-nas)

Looking at it frole, suspicious about why Treize hadn't painted {Epyon Prime} white cropped up in my mind I interpreted those “red” and “black” colors as the colors of the defeated It was also the defeated who changed the era and begin the next [era in] history It had a splendid reassuranceto Treize, “white” and “blue” iht the polar opposite, color-wise, was shown [in Epyon] [25]

Then, the snow disappeared from the main monitor and the fideo feed returned to normal

“It appears as though the netic storm has ended”

“……huh, yeah” And it seemed that Zechs sensed the eneun Wufei's Nataku circled (above) Zechs' Epyon, keeping the later at the apex of a sort of cone That method of pursuit which applied a basic technique called a “pylon flight [275]”, ht” If Zechs tried to get away going full throttle, it would probably work, but he was probably aware that the distance between hier And “ZERO” would have decreed that “in long-drawn out war, increased allies are beneficial” As far as the data displayed on the subht) speed, Nataku was the better of the two However, the Epyon's ility were better That meant that in hand-to-hand and close quarters coe But Wufei would go ahead with aerial close quarters fighting--I watched hi style was to challenge his opponent's strong points, pin them with a power play, and so the machine, it should be plenty warmed up by now While it was [just now] tio

“What's he waiting for?”

And then it happened

The double-headed flying dragon moved forward Suddenly, the nose caht up Zechs [had] made the first move For this battlefield in the sky, ZERO had deteron bared its fangs [Those “fangs” were] double barreled beam canons and they spit fire They were fired at Nataku's predicted path of progression

“He can't…… avoid that” I determined that from Wufei's (character), he continued to [prepare] to take the hit If he was booted up “ZERO,” Nataku would have predicted that attack and slae] But the dual bea the twin beaained speed

“No way……” I was amazed The precisely measured “ZERO” wasn't supposed to make mistakes in distancesthat by Nataku's circular flight pattern, plenty of suit efficiency speed and air pressure and wind direction and other collateral data had been completely calculated

“There isn't so with the suit's data, is there?” I was suspicious of the data on the submonitor

“There is nothing wrong with the data” Kathy told ht amount of pride in her work “The data on the suit that was left here and the data that has been analyzed on the reement”

“You said that this is the first he's been in the suit, right?”

“Yes”

“……” I folded ht If the data was correct, thatextra that far and away surpassed me an “ZERO's” predictions I don't think it's just [his] technique piloting Nataku Then, Nataku tilted the right wing, h speed and returned fire It gave the i taken up one gear)

“Is he just going to fly right in there?!” That would just on But the three-headed winged dragon let its bea The twin bearaze his clashed Zechs' Epyon took a direct hit fro

Epyon gave a huge swing of its heat rod as they brushed past each other, but Nataku evaded it by a hairsbreadth There wasn't the least bit of dae to the suit, (but) it had to hurt to have “ZERO's” predictions coility of the Epyon Zechs piloted was better/higher than expected Nevertheless, with Wufei's skillful handling, Nataku's acceleration and deceleration far surpassed that of the Epyon I thought “ZERO” was correcting nu fluster with the calculations right about now Mere seconds……but there was no way Wufei could let that ti Nataku turned a loop-the-loop and suddenly dropped to begin pounding aith theWufei's aim was just about too perfect Black s-mounted (thrust burner) Ever since the old days, Wufei's standard fighting [style] was to rain continuous attacks [down upon the target] The three-headed winged dragon, following right behind the two-headed flying dragon, fired three or four shots froed to avoid that attack but there was no changing its sloard descent

“I never i could do so much”

“Y-yea……I'h) his opponent was the “ZERO systeed to surpass it in the early stages [of battle]? “Huh?” I noticed a difference in the on Epyon were covered on one side with the dust peculiar to Mars On the other hand, Wufei's Nataku's wings hadn't lost their platinum luster (lit: shi+ne/sparkle) That was proof that they had been well-polished Suppose two pilots, identically ht; it would be the one who rab the victory Wufei had probably wiped [Nataku] down to within an inch of his life just to eek out an extra couple of kiloh altitude flight where it was difficult for dust to collect [on the wings] Of course, Zechs' suit iven an anti-dust coating at an “auto-maintenance plant [3]” But it was Wufei's dedicated maintenance that prevailed above and beyond [that of Epyon's] Ergo, without [the ha effect of the] Mars dust, he'd pulled (nu “performance”]) [out of Nataku] that exceeded the suit's predicted perforhtest acceleration (efficiency) could greatly influence the tide of battle That ht be because for however[factors] in the environs towards his suit (lit: feelings of love for the suit) I was a Gundam pilot just like him and I wanted to bow s Wufei did and accomplished had always surprised me--even back in the day

“He's an unyielding man of action, isn't he”

The white three-headed winged dragon Nataku continued its vicious attack Meanwhile, the red two-headed flying dragon Epyon continued utilizing its own particular agility as ablack smoke was cut off, and it order to ed the unscathed burner on the right wing It was a good decision Typically, it was hard to throay undae pilot would definitely have had scruples That honor/nobility was successful The lightened Epyon put on a sudden burst of speed Also, its wings beat quickly up and down With that kind of acrobatic flight, Wufei couldn't get his ai Nataku also increased the power and accelerated He went a shade faster than full throttle and seeear)

“He's going to put on more speed?!” Said Kathy with admiration

“Yes! This is where he attacks, eh!” Nataku kept accelerating and was surely going to capture Epyon's tail burner And the heat rod grazed close by “That's it!” It was no time to be worried about the lioing to put him down, do it before he causes you trouble! Hit that defensive bastard so BIG!]”

Then it happened

Epyon suddenly decelerated, turned aNataku This was, beyond all doubt, a bone fide dogfight He inable number of Gs, and he only pulled it off with difficulty

“shi+t!” I tsked That it couldn't be finished that easily spoke for itself [alt: It was self-evident that it couldn't have been so easily finished] “ZERO” rewrote the data tiain to devise battle tactics that ht about it noreous It was too bad that [Wufei] couldn't have popped off a gaht just then But Wufei's Nataku didn't withdraw The burners began firing in earnest The distance between hi blast of speed Fast enough that I thought he disappeared for a second

“What the……”

“Seriously……” There was nothing to do but be aear Just how much speed could that machine put out, anyway? The heartfelt preparations and all, they weren't that good It was speed enough toprior seem like merely a warm-up

“So this e its tactics”

“It's overwhel, isn't it”

“No coain, Nataku ca in, dead center in front of Epyon and fired aith thehits without any (formative technique), was plainly cornered by its [own] inferiority Wufei's attack was overwhelh the base's speakers

“What is this?”

“It's Flight of the Valkyries”

“I wasn't asking for the na why the hell we're listening to it”

“This is also a part in “Operation Mythos” I believe it's better to increase the tension [4] if we're going to observe the battle” I couldn't really understand [her] sentiht hard” Even so, I believed there was nous all worked up